最新外研社阅读大赛历年真题（9篇）

外研社阅读大赛历年真题 篇一

directions: read the text about cholera. decide whether the statements are

true or false according to the text.

a child receives the oral cholera vaccine shanchol

cholera is caused by a bacterial infection of the intestine. approximately one in

20 people infected with cholera has a serious case, with symptoms including

severe diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. these symptoms quickly cause

dehydration and shock, and can result in death within hours if the infected

person doesnt receive treatment. cholera is typically transmitted by

contaminated food or water. in areas with poor treatment of sewage and

drinking water, the feces of people with cholera can enter the water supply and

spread quickly, resulting in an epidemic. the cholera bacterium may also live in

the environment in some coastal waters, so shellfish eaten raw can be a source

of cholera in affected areas.

18. cholera is known to be a life-threatening disease which easily causes death

of most of the patients.

true ( ) false ( )

19. cholera typically occurs in areas near the sea or the river where

contaminated food is a major source of the disease.

true ( ) false ( )

外研社阅读大赛历年真题 篇二

directions: read the text and answer the question according to the text.

she had gone alone, but the children were to go to the station to meet her.

and loving the station as they did, it was only natural that they should be there

a good hour before there was any chance of mothers train arriving, even if the

train were punctual, which was most unlikely.

9. what can you say about their mothers train?

a. it would probably be early.

b. it would probably be on time.

c. it would probably be late.

d. it had been cancelled.

外研社阅读大赛历年真题 篇三

directions: read the text and answer the question according to the text.

the new digital cameras are great fun and very easy to use. they let you

review your pictures the moment you take them, so you can re-shoot right

away if youre not satisfied. but remember, a digital camera is just a computer

xxxx. its not a replacement for your ordinary camera.

8. what is the meaning of the missing word xxxx in the text?

a. xxxsomething that is poor qualityxxx

b. xxxan item that is not essential, something extraxxx

c. xxxsomething expensive but good value for moneyxxx

d. xxxa fashion which always remains popularxxx

外研社阅读大赛历年真题 篇四

directions: read the text and answer the question according to the text.

few corners of the world remain untainted by intrepid tourists, and their

impact is often devastating. too frequently they trample heedlessly on fragile

environments, displacing wildlife and local populations in their insatiable quest

for unexplored locations.

5. what is the best title for this text?

a. the future of tourism

b. the role of tourism

c. the price of tourism

d. the benefits of tourism

外研社阅读大赛历年真题 篇五

directions: the bar chart shows the number and proportion of undernourished

people in the developing regions, from 1990-1992 to 2014-2016. answer the

question according to the information in the chart.

source: the millennium development goals (mdg) report 2015

10. choose the incorrect description about the chart.

a. the latest estimates suggest that nearly one in nine inpiduals do not

have enough to eat between 2014 and 2016.

b. projections indicate that the 2015 mdg target is nearly reached, with

per cent of undernourished population.

c. the situation noticeably improved during the years 1995-1999, but went

down in the first five years of the new millennium.

d. the proportion of undernourished people in the developing regions has

fallen by almost half since 1990.

外研社阅读大赛历年真题 篇六

directions: read an excerpt from discourse on the method of rightly

conducting the reason and seeking the truth in the sciences. write a short

essay according to the excerpt.

… and as a multitude of laws often only hampers justice, so that a state is best

governed when, with few laws, these are rigidly administered; in like manner,

instead of the great number of precepts of which logic is composed, i believed

that the four following would prove perfectly sufficient for me, provided i took

the firm and unwavering resolution never in a single instance to fail in

observing them.

the first was never to accept anything for true which i did not clearly know to

be such; that is to say, carefully to avoid precipitancy and prejudice, and to

comprise nothing more in my judgment than what was presented to my mind

so clearly and distinctly as to exclude all ground of doubt.

the second, to pide each of the difficulties under examination into as many

parts as possible, and as might be necessary for its adequate solution.

the third, to conduct my thoughts in such order that, by commencing with

objects the simplest and easiest to know, i might ascend by little and little, and,

as it were, step by step, to the knowledge of the more complex; assigning in

thought a certain order even to those objects which in their own nature do not

stand in a relation of antecedence and sequence.

and the last, in every case to make enumerations so complete, and reviews so

general, that i might be assured that nothing was omitted.

the long chains of simple and easy reasonings by means of which geometers

are accustomed to reach the conclusions of their most difficult demonstrations,

had led me to imagine that all things, to the knowledge of which man is

competent, are mutually connected in the same way, and that there is nothing

so far removed from us as to be beyond our reach, or so hidden that we cannot

discover it, provided only we abstain from accepting the false for the true, and

always preserve in our thoughts the order necessary for the deduction of one

truth from another. and i had little difficulty in determining the objects with

which it was necessary to commence, for i was already persuaded that it must

be with the simplest and easiest to know, and, considering that of all those who

have hitherto sought truth in the sciences, the mathematicians alone have been

able to find any demonstrations, that is, any certain and evident reasons, i did

not doubt but that such must have been the rule of their investigations.

外研社阅读大赛历年真题 篇七

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4. where is the piece of text taken from?

a. an advertisement

b. an instruction booklet

c. a story

d. a newspaper

外研社阅读大赛历年真题 篇八

13. many people report that exposure to certain foods and drinks such as

cheese, chocolate, and red wine, is associated with the onset of migraine

headaches. other people report that exposure to certain smells (especially

strong perfumes) seems to trigger a migraine headache, and some note that

exposure to bright and flickering lights can be followed by a migraine. it would

seem that a person with a tendency to get migraines should try to find out

which of these situations is associated with the onset of the headache and then

avoid this stimulus.

外研社阅读大赛历年真题 篇九

directions: read the text about chaco culture. answer the questions according

to the text.

the xxxchaco culturexxx, as modern-day archaeologists call it, flourished

between roughly the 9th and 13th centuries . and was centered at chaco

canyon in what is now new mexico.

the people of the chaco culture built immense structures that at times

encompassed more than 500 rooms. they also participated in long-distance

trade that brought cacao, macaws (a type of parrot), turquoise and copper to

chaco canyon.

29_______, researchers have to rely on the artifacts and structures they

left behind, as well as oral accounts that have been passed on through

generations, to reconstruct what their lives were like.

archaeologists generally agree that chaco canyon was the center of chaco

culture. today the canyon is a national park and a unesco world heritage site.

the national park service estimates that there are about 4,000 archaeological

sites in the park, including more than a dozen immense structures that

archaeologists sometimes call xxxgreat housesxxx. archaeological research has

revealed many discoveries, including a system of roads that connected many

chaco culture sites, and evidence of astronomical alignments that indicate that

some chaco culture structures were oriented toward the solstice sun and lunar

standstills.

“there has been more archaeological research conducted in chaco and on

the subject of chaco than on any other prehistoric district in north america,”

says a national park service statement posted on chaco culture national

historical parks website.

xxxtoday, twenty puebloan groups in new mexico, as well as the hopi in

arizona, claim chaco as their ancestral homeland and are tied to this place

through oral traditions and clan lineages. a number of navajo clans are also

affiliated with chacoan sites through their traditional stories,xxx the national park

service statement says.

despite the fact that there has been an immense amount of archaeological

research carried out at chaco canyon, and at other chaco culture sites in the

american southwest, modern-day archaeologists disagree over what the

people of the chaco culture were like.

some archaeologists think that the people of the chaco culture were not

politically united, while some think they controlled an empire centered on

chaco canyon. xxxwhat was chaco? opinions vary widely, perhaps wildly.

interpretations range from a valley of peaceful farming villages to the

monumental capital of an empire,xxx wrote stephen lekson, a professor at the

university of colorado boulder, in an article published in the book the

architecture of chaco canyon, new mexico (university of utah press, 2007).

lekson noted that there are different interpretations among archaeologists

as to what the great houses were. some archaeologists believe that they were

villages inhabited by thousands of people, while others think that they were

elite residences that housed a small number of residents.

29. which of the following best fits in the numbered space in the text?

a. the people of the chaco culture did not use a writing system and as such

b. while archaeologists are not certain what caused this dramatic population

bump

c. when thinking about archaeological sites, we tend to think of them as

dead silent

d. since chacos national monument status may not protect it from

development pressures

30. which of the following statements can we know from the text?

a. the people of the chaco culture were good at foreign trade.

b. xxxgreat housesxxx were built from approximately the 9th to 13thcentury .

c. most descendants of ancient chaco people live in new mexico now.

d. archaeologists hold different ideas about how the people of the chaco

culture lived.

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